ruth marcus, rand paul, lets hear what rand paul had to say about extending unemployment benefits. >> i do support unemployment benefits for the 26 weeks paid for. if you do that you do a disservice to these workers. there was a study that came out that said if you have a worker on unemployment insurance 99 weeks, which would you hire. every employer, nearly 100% said they will always hire the person out of work four weeks. when you allow a person to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, you're causing them to become part of this perpetual unemployed group in our economy. >> that's sort of breathtaking, ruth. it's the unemployment insurance that creates the dependency. >> can you say scrooge? thank you for let me have at it. my mouth dropped open when i heard that. being unemployed for a long time is a very bad things in terms of your prospects. i would like to find one person out there who has been collecting unmoimt for that long-term who would not welcome the chance in this holiday season, i would point out, to have their benefits extended. they are in a terrible situation as